On 25 September 2017 at 10:26, James Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > On 25 September 2017 at 09:18, Kalle Valo <[email protected]> wrote: >> Arend Van Spriel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The firmware uses a mailbox to communicate to the host what is going >>> on. In the driver we validate the bit received. Various people seen >>> the following message: >>> >>> brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_hostmail: Unknown mailbox data content: 0x40012 >>> >>> Bit 4 is cause of this message, but this actually indicates the firmware >>> has halted. Handle this bit by giving a more meaningful error message. >>> >>> Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman <[email protected]> >>> Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <[email protected]> >>> Reviewed-by: Franky Lin <[email protected]> >>> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <[email protected]> >> >> Failed to compile: >> >> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c: In function >> ‘brcmf_p2p_escan’: >> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c:695:23: error: >> ‘BRCMF_SCANTYPE_ACTIVE’ undeclared (first use in this function) >> sparams->scan_type = BRCMF_SCANTYPE_ACTIVE; >> ^ >> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c:695:23: note: each >> undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in >> make[6]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.o] Error 1 >> make[6]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... >> make[5]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac] Error 2 >> make[4]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211] Error 2 >> make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/broadcom] Error 2 >> make[2]: *** [drivers/net/wireless] Error 2 >> make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2 >> make: *** [drivers] Error 2 >> >> 7 patches set to Changes Requested. >> >> 9948825 [1/7] brcmfmac: handle FWHALT mailbox indication >> 9948831 [2/7] brcmfmac: disable packet filtering in promiscuous mode >> 9948829 [3/7] brcmfmac: cleanup brcmf_cfg80211_escan() function >> 9948833 [4/7] brcmfmac: use msecs_to_jiffies() instead of calculation using >> HZ >> 9948827 [5/7] brcmfmac: get rid of brcmf_cfg80211_escan() function >> 9948823 [6/7] brcmfmac: get rid of struct brcmf_cfg80211_info::active_scan >> field >> 9948835 [7/7] brcmfmac: move configuration of probe request IEs >> >> -- >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9948825/ >> >> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches >> > > We (Raspberry Pi) currently have an issue open with Cypress to try and > determine the cause of the firmware lockup which results in this > mailbox error, we have some custom firmware that has better firmware > diagnostics which we have been reporting back to Cypress. Not had any > progress so far as far as I know. Does this kernel side fix help our > users in any way or is it simply a better error message? > > James
Sorry, should have read the patch first, simply a change to the error reporting. I'll try and determine how far Cypress have got with the firmware.
